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How to send a message to a given port as SMS with Java ME

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This code example demonstrates how to use the Wireless Messaging API in order to send a text message to a specific port. Specifying the port number is of high importance when you use this application in combination with another application that listens to the same port for incoming messages. The device's AMS (Application Management Software), can also assign a port to a given application and launch that application via PushRegistry when a message arrives.

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Overview

High-level LCDUI Components are used for creating the application's UI, which consists of a numeric field for typing the recipient's number, a message body, a field for typing the port number (optional), the Send button and an Exit button.

A simple UI for text messaging

Vitual Keyboard supports rendering of emoticons

Info message acknowledges task completion

The User Interface

Both TextFields are empty by default. The TextField at the top of the form becomes of type PHONENUMBER and can take up to 20 digits, while the TextField beneath it, becomes of type PLAIN and takes up to 160 characters, which is the character limit for an SMS transmission without splitting it up to more than one piece. The port number field can only receive up to 4 digits.

Sending the text message

The method handleSendCommand is called via the CommandListener when the user selects the Send action. The TextMessage instance is being given an address in the form sms:// [recipient number] : [port number].
The port number is only appended to the address if the user has provided an non empty numeric entry. A connection is opened to the newly created address and a message of type TEXT_MESSAGE is associated with the address. A payload is added to the message by calling the setPayloadText method and passing as argument the content of the second TextField. Finally the method sent() is called, which receives as argument the TextMessage instance. Appropriate handling of Exceptions follows, along with a print screen message, confirming the completion of the operation. The sending operation takes place inside a thread, because the connector.open() call is protected and Nokia Asha software platform, does not allow protected calls directly initiated from a CommandAction, without being wrapped in a Thread.

privatevoid handleSendCommand(){// Send the message on its own thread of executionThread smsThread =newThread(){publicvoid run(){try{String number;//Obtain the destination addressif(port.getString().equals("")){ number ="sms://"+ smsNumber.getString();}else{ number ="sms://"+ smsNumber.getString()+":"+ port.getString();}